Jesus Creed

Kris and I wish you and yours a Merry Christmas from Wrigley!

On the eve of our Christmas celebration, Jesus’ birthday, we light all of the candles of the Advent wreath.

The Nativity of Our Lord: Christmas Day December 25 O God, you make us glad by the yearly festival of the birth of your only Son Jesus Christ: Grant that we, who joyfully receive him as our Redeemer, may with sure confidence behold him when he comes to be our Judge; who lives and reigns…

It’s Christmas Day, Advent is here. Today we read this text aloud throughout the world. May God bless the reading of God’s Word this day:

This is the second part of the letter we received the other day. Again, I’m keen on hearing how you would respond to this seeker. Bottom line I would like an absolute truth.  A Fact.  It seems reasonable to me to believe in something that is true and real.  However, it seems that christianity, much like…

What does a Third Way approach look like when it comes to the meaning of the “gospel.” No small matter here but I enter this discussion with Adam Hamilton:Seeing Gray in a World of Black and White: Thoughts on Religion, Morality, and Politics . Adam sorts this one out by using the two poles of…

What is hinted at in the Benedictus of Zechariah and in the Gloria in excelsis of the Angels, and what comes out into clear focus with Simeon, becomes concrete reality in Matthew’s Gospel, chp 2. The magi, Gentile star gazers, are the ones who offer gifts to the will-be king in the face of Herod…

Is it “cancelled” or “canceled”?

Here is a letter sent to me about a woman struggling with faith, and one of her major questions is a deep, dread-type question: The shocking injustices some experience. Gary Haugen spoke at the service at Willow on the International Justice Mission.  He discussed the sex trafficking, as well as many other injustices going on…

Kris and I are wondering if we need a land line. Each of us has a cell; yet we’ve held on to our land line phone for two or three years. We don’t have a fax. So, tell me, what are the advantages and disadvantages of the land line (or eliminating our land line)?

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